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MacBook Air battery care

  • 01-03-2012 3:54pm
    #1
    gnolan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭


    I'm wondering what the best approach is to maximizing the longevity of my battery of my new MacBook Air.

    I believe leaving it constantly plugged in is a bad idea. Would the best approach be to charge it to 100% and then use the laptop on battery power only until it discharges almost completely?

    There seems to be a lot of contrasting opinions online.


Comments

  • #2
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,693 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    See here:

    http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html

    Leaving it plugged in all the time isn't good. It needs to get some usage, but at the same time you shouldn't be discharging it completely every time. Overall, I wouldn't worry too much about it. Just use it normally and charge it when you get a chance. Do a complete discharge once a month.


  • #3
    Nonoperational
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭Nonoperational


    Always keep mine plugged in 90% of the time and it's served me well so far. A discharge maybe once a month.


  • #4
    The Black Oil
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 18,661 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Black Oil


    I generally have to charge my Macbook (4.5 years old) twice a day. I usually charge it and let it drain to about 10% in the library and start charging again. Even when charged it tends to zip through the battery pretty quickly - all I'd have open is Word, Adobe Reader and TextEdit. No internet or videos. Like the OP, I was unsure of the consensus on the internet.

    Moderator: Television, Psychology and Dublin County North.

    CMod: Entertainment



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